I was going through the attic and I found the Model M keyboard I bought a couple of years ago. The cable, though, has seen better days. Where can I buy a replacement cable?
I was going through the attic and I found the Model M keyboard I bought a couple of years ago. The cable, though, has seen better days. Where can I buy a replacement cable?
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SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 10 pts · 347d
I'd just get an extension cable & get to soldering. Alternatively, install a converter so you can attach a USB cable.
xyzzy@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 347d
wjrii@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 346d
So unlike apparently everyone else on these threads, I actually have a Model M. Okay, technically I have three Model Ms, but still...
What kind of PS/2 cable is it? permanent or modular?
Is it still working, even if it looks rough?
Are you comfortable soldering?
If not, are you at least comfortable following a simple wiring diagram?
billwashere@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 347d
You could always go anachronistic and make it Bluetooth.
https://learn.adafruit.com/convert-your-model-m-keyboard-to-bluetooth-with-bluefruit-ez-key-hid/overview
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 347d
Buy any recent(ish) keyboard with a PS/2 connector, remove it, and soldier it onto the Model M.
Offbus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 347d
You’re looking for what’s called a “pigtail”. Ps/2 seems to be another name for 6-pin “mini-din”, which is a standardized connector format.
Here’s an example.
https://www.amazon.com/AIMLYF-CONNECTOR-PROGRAMMING-BREAKOUT-CABLE/dp/B0D9BD64QR/
You can try searching anywhere that would carry that kind of equipment like mouser.com or digikey.com.
floo@retrolemmy.com · -16 pts · 347d
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 347d
… wat? What’s with your hate for a keyboard?
Outside of missing the windows key there’s nothing wrong with the model M. PS/2 interface is fine too. Most boards support hotplugging it and it basically work or it doesn’t unlike USB which can get weird.
floo@retrolemmy.com · 2 pts · 347d
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thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · -7 pts · 347d
down vote this post but he is speaking truth. unless you're going to solder and deal with the cosmetics of diy, just get a modern mechanical keyboard
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 347d
I bought this keyboard as more of a historical keepsake rather than for a daily driver. Still, I would to like to have it in good shape and learn to tinker with old electronics.
TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 347d
I think I bought mine off mono price. I'm sure Amazon has some. But I also used a ps2 to USB adapter and used it as a daily driver for years. The only reason I stopped was because it was too loud when no longer had an office to myself.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 347d
more power to you. don't get me wrong I think it's great keeping old hardware going but I have access to a large cache of old hardware (at work we have a defunct computer museum. More Apple II's then anyone could want) and it's generally not worth fixing because there's always another collecting dust just around the corner.
But if you were going to use this old ps2 with a ps2->usb dongle for a daily driver it's probably not worth it after soldering and cosmetic detail
floo@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 347d
floo@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 338d
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 347d
No modern mechanical keyboard can come even close to spring buckled keyboards.
floo@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 347d